NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets121–134Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Sunday 29 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 7th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	41:00	7–18	1–2	5	3	8	5	0	0	4	5	15
Rick Barry	40:00	14–24	1–1	1	2	3	6	3	0	3	4	29
Moses Malone	39:00	7–15	9–11	10	7	17	1	0	3	5	4	23
Calvin Murphy	36:00	9–18	4–4	1	2	3	5	2	0	3	4	22
Dwight Jones	19:00	3–6	4–7	1	4	5	0	0	0	2	3	10
Slick Watts	18:00	2–6	1–1	2	0	2	7	3	0	1	2	5
Mike Newlin	16:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	1	0
Mike Dunleavy	13:00	3–8	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	7
Robert Reid	13:00	2–5	0–0	0	4	4	3	0	0	2	6	4
Tom Barker	3:00	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Alonzo Bradley	2:00	2–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	49–103	23–30	20	26	46	32	8	3	25	33	121

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charlie Scott	38:00	6–12	3–3	1	1	2	12	0	1	4	1	15
David Thompson	37:00	9–15	8–9	1	6	7	1	0	2	3	3	26
George McGinnis	32:00	10–23	6–7	3	6	9	2	3	1	5	3	26
Dan Issel	32:00	7–13	1–2	6	5	11	0	2	1	1	5	15
Tom Boswell	29:00	5–7	6–8	4	5	9	11	0	0	2	3	16
Anthony Roberts	24:00	3–9	4–5	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	5	10
Bob Wilkerson	17:00	6–13	1–1	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	2	13
Robert Smith	15:00	1–5	5–6	2	2	4	3	1	0	1	1	7
Kim Hughes	8:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0
Geoff Crompton	4:00	3–3	0–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Bo Ellis	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	50–102	34–43	20	32	52	35	9	5	19	28	134

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

29 Oct 1978121–134 this game
24 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 116–117 Houston Rockets
28 Feb 1979Denver Nuggets 97–122 Houston Rockets
6 Mar 1979Houston Rockets 119–118 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 5–2
Denver Nuggets: 5–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 105, Houston Rockets 112.

2 Apr 1978Houston Rockets 100–109 Denver Nuggets
24 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 116–117 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.